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A steamy romance set amidst a family feud.

Hate to Want You (Forbidden Hearts, #1) by Alisha Rai

September 21, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

I bought this a couple years back when I found out Alisha Rai was coming to the Tucson Festival of Books and was going to be on several panels I was attending as a volunteer. Since a lot of people I knew had been reading this series and loving it, I figured I’d give it a shot. She actually canceled her appearances at the festival, I never found out why, and I didn’t end up reading the book. Fast forward to 2020, and I’m trying […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alisha Rai, Contemporary Romance, Forbidden Hearts, Hate to Want You, narfna, Romance

narfna's CBR12 Review No:136 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alisha Rai, Contemporary Romance, Forbidden Hearts, Hate to Want You, narfna, Romance ·
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A Romance with Real People

January 4, 2018 by Beth Ellen 3 Comments

2017 was not a good year for romance. Pretty Face by Lucy Parker was by far the best, and while I read a bunch, I literally couldn’t tell you a single thing about most of them. And on top of that I had major issues with Pretty Face and the boss/subordinate romance. But then Hate to Want You was recommended by both Emmalita and Malin. And then it went on ebook sale. So here we are. Hate to want You is a second chance romance. […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alisha Rai, Beth Ellen, Hate to Want You

Beth Ellen's CBR10 Review No:2 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alisha Rai, Beth Ellen, Hate to Want You ·
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I Would Put This on a 10 Best List

December 30, 2017 by Emmalita 5 Comments

Alisha Rai’s Hate to Want You is the final of the three books I bought because they were on Entertainment Weekly’s best romances of 2017 list. Of the three, I think this one is the best. Alisha Rai has been writing for quite a while. She’s gained a following in the erotic romance sub genre for creating complicated characters. She also flips the script on occasion and has written a female, billionaire CEO who romances a blue collar man. She’s comfortable with bi characters. She writes […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alisha Rai, Hate to Want You

Emmalita's CBR9 Review No:122 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alisha Rai, Hate to Want You ·
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My only love sprung from my only hate

October 19, 2017 by Malin 2 Comments

Olivia “Livvy” Kane and Nicholas Chandler were teenage sweethearts, growing up as neighbours, heirs to the successful grocery chain their grandfather’s worked together to found. Then a tragic car crash changed everything. Nicholas’ mother and Olivia’s father both died, and shortly after the funerals, Nicholas’ father bought Olivia’s mother’s shares for far less than they were worth. Olivia’s twin brother was arrested for suspected arson of the flagship store, and the Kane and Chandler families, who had been so very close  for three generations became […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alisha Rai, cbr9, Contemporary Romance, Depression, family feud, Forbidden Hearts, Hate to Want You, Malin

Malin's CBR9 Review No:91 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alisha Rai, cbr9, Contemporary Romance, Depression, family feud, Forbidden Hearts, Hate to Want You, Malin ·
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